Scotland |
The saltire (St Andrew's cross flag), unicorn and the shield with the lion rampant - symbols of Scotland
July 2017 - Orkneys and Shetlands
July 2012 - Edinburgh and East Coast
July 2017
A quick visit to the Shetlands and Orkney as part of a "working" cruise of the Norwegian fjords.
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
City Hall
Kirkwall Hotel
Masonic building
Ruins of Bishop's Palace
Ruins of Bishop's Palace
P
Post Office
Saint Magnus Catherdral - Kirkwall
St Magnus Cathedral - Britain’s most northerly Cathedral. St Magnus Cathedral known as the 'Light in the North' was founded in 1137 by the Viking, Earl Rognvald, in honour of his uncle St Magnus.
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Lerwock, Shetland Islands
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July 2012
We were in Scotland as part of a Rotary exchange - living with local families - a great experience!
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Sir Walter Scott monument
Sir Walter Scott monument
Carved doors
Supreme Court
The Royal Mile
Really?
This is a bar (see below)
Named for the coal miners
Converted police box
Not sure what eyebrow threading is....
I put this in to demonstrate the "skew" feature in Photoshop - this is taken from the above photograph and skewed to make is head on
The Arabic writing says ruman, meaning Pomegranate
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
St Giles' Cathedral is on the Royal Mile. It is the mother Church of Presbyterianism and contains the Chapel of the Order of the Thistle (Scotland's chivalric company of knights headed by the Queen).
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Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. Its strategic location, guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification from the earliest times. Most of the principal buildings of the castle date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Several Scottish kings and queens have been crowned at Stirling, including Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1543. There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, including several during the Wars of Scottish Independence, with the last being in 1746, when Bonnie Prince Charlie unsuccessfully tried to take the castle.
The William Wallace memorial as seen from Stirling Castle - the famous battle of Stirling Bridge took place between the two locations in 1297
Castle church
Great hall
English lion
Scottish unicorn
Castle palace
Palace ceiling
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RRS Discovery - Dundee
The RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, she was launched in 1901. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition. Five months after setting sail on 6 August 1901 from the Isle of Wight, she sighted the Antarctic coastline on 8 January 1902. During the first month Scott began charting the coastline. Then, in preparation for the winter, he weighed anchor in McMurdo Sound. The ship would remain there, locked in ice, for the next two years; the expedition had expected to spend the winter there and to move on in the spring. Despite this, the Expedition was able to determine that Antarctica was indeed a continent, and they were able to relocate the Southern Magnetic Pole.
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Balmoral Castle
Coats of arms at Balmoral Castle - the summer residence of the Queen
The V and A are for the original owners - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Portraits of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort Albert in the Aberdeen City Hall (copies of orginals at Balmoral)
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HM Yacht Britannia
Queen's bedroom
Complete with its own Rolls Royce
Officers mess
Family dining room
Drawing room
NCO mess
Crew quarters
Sick bay
Launch (I think they call it a barge)
Sailboat Bloodhound |
Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle is located near Glamis, Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, but best known for being the childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Elizabeth married Prince Albert, who later became King George VI. She was later known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, mother of the current queen. Her second daughter, Princess Margaret, was born at Glamis.
Rick in a kilt - the tartan is the Ancient Urquhart
Piper and highland dancer
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St Andrews
The 18th hole at the Royal and Ancient course at St Andrews, the birthplace of golf
Royal and Ancient course at St Andrews
18th green
The beach was the location for filming the movie Chariots of Fire
Ruins of St Andews castle
Ruins of St Andews castle
Ruins of St Andews castle
Ruins of St Andews castle
Chapel of St Salvator, University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
For you royal watchers...
St Andrews
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Firth of Forth Bridges
Highway bridge to the left and rail bridge on the right
Firth of Forth rail bridge
Train on the Firth of Forth rail bridge - it is a huge bridge
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Linlithgow Palace
Linlithgow is the birthplace and early home of Mary Stuart, also known as Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587).
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Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel - replaces a series of locks
Locks on canal above the wheel
On top of the wheel
Falkirk boat basin
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Anstruther
Prawn traps at Anstruther
Prawn traps at Anstruther
Prawn traps at Anstruther
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Loch Katrine
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Aberdeen
Scottish cross in cemetery on the campus of the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
King's College Chapel at the the University of Aberdeen
King's College Chapel at the the University of Aberdeen
King's College Chapel at the the University of Aberdeen
King's College Chapel at the the University of Aberdeen
King's College Chapel at the the University of Aberdeen
King's College Chapel at the the University of Aberdeen
King's College Chapel at the the University of Aberdeen
War memorial in King's College Chapel
War memorial in King's College Chapel - St Andrew (Scotland) and St George (England)
War memorial in King's College Chapel (note military theme)
War memorial in King's College Chapel (note military theme)
Aberdeen harbor entrance
Aberdeen harbor - major support center for North Sea oil
The Havila Fortune oil rig resupply vessel - registered in Nassau
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Highlands west of Aberdeen
Highlands west of Aberdeen
Highlands west of Aberdeen |
New Haven Harbour
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Tullibardine Distillery
Tullibardine Distillery - since 1488
Barley is sifted here
Washed
Cooked
Fermented
Distilled
Stored in bonded warehouse - note years
A barrel with Scoth from 1952
Sampling the various finishes
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Cooperage in Stirling - French wine and American whisky barrels are reused to age Scotch
Cooperage in Stirling
For some reason unknown to me, American distillers can only use a barrel one time - the Scots can use them numerous times
Rehabilitating barrels
Rehabilitating barrels
After a barrel is no longer usable, it is shaved out and refired - basically a new barrel
After a barrel is no longer usable, it is shaved out and refired - basically a new barrel
Tanker trucks bring Scotch to a bonded warehouse where it is stored for a minimum of three years
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The Highland Games at Cupar
Highland dance contestant
Shot putting with advertising on his kilt
The caber - 17.5 feet long, 175 pounds |
William Wallace monument
Inn at Sheriffmuir - site of a battle in 1715 between, who else, British troops and Scottish (Jacobite) rebels
Gravesite of Rob Roy McGregor
Gravesite of Rob Roy McGregor
Stained glass from museum of the Black Watch regiment
Highlands
Highlands
Highlands
Highlands
Highlands hotel
Green Machines - Emily and one of our hosts in Scotland (she works there)
Private driveway
Typical scenery
Highland cattle
The Royal Mail - the mailbox was installed during the reign of one of the King Georges (GR)
Does it get more British than this?
Folk singers impromptu concert - the instument on the left is a bouzouki
Local pub |
Great shot by Emily from a moving train - this is the Barns Ness Light, East Lothian
East Lothian
East Lothian |